Oregon · Private foundation
Merchant Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 7
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $73k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations Merchant Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $42k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $13k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $2,025 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,025 | 1 | n/a |
| Weber State University | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mona Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sustainable Northwest | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $2,025 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,025 | 1 | n/a |
| Weber State University | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mona Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sustainable Northwest | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Crag Law Center | $260 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hunger Fighters Oregon | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Animal Care Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Merchant Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Merchant Charitable Foundation
- How much does Merchant Charitable Foundation give?
- Merchant Charitable Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $41,525 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 7 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Merchant Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (72%), International (12%), Health (5%).
- Who are Merchant Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: University of Utah ($25k), Portland Community College Foundation Inc ($20k), Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc ($3k).
- Does Merchant Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Merchant Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Merchant Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Merchant Charitable Foundation based?
- Merchant Charitable Foundation is based in OR.
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